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King not returning for a dance (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charleston

'dance' is the definition.
(I know that Charleston is a more specific form of the action dance)

'king not returning' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'charles' (King Charles I, II or III).
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'not' reversed gives 'ton'.
'charles'+'ton'='CHARLESTON'

'for a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for charleston that I've seen before include "Dance making" , "US city - 1920s' dance" , "Nineteen twenties dance" , "Lively 1920s' dance" , "Town of South Carolina which gave its name to a 1920s dance craze" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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